Mickey's Surprise Party
Mickey's Surprise Party | |
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Directed by | Hamilton Luske |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Starring | Walt Disney Leone LeDoux |
Music by | Oliver Wallace |
Animation by | Ollie Johnston Walt Kelly Riley Thomson Charles A. Nichols Harvey Toombs Ken Peterson Claude Smith Lynn Karp |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | National Biscuit Company |
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Running time | 5:15 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Mickey's Surprise Party is a 1939 American animated short film directed by Hamilton Luske, produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by National Biscuit Company. It was the 105th short in the Mickey Mouse film series to be released, and the second for that year.[2] Mickey's Surprise Party is the first cartoon with Mickey and Minnie Mouse in their current designs, created by animator Fred Moore.
This is notable for being the first Disney product of any kind to be sponsored by a company. Commonly thought to be in the public domain, its copyright was renewed on May 2, 1966.
In the short, Pluto's romantic partner is Fifi, a
Plot
One day, Minnie bakes cookies for Mickey's birthday, but her dog,
While Minnie is on the couch crying, Mickey tries to comfort her, saying "My mother used to burn them all the time!"
Voice cast
- Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse
- Leone LeDoux as Minnie Mouse[6]
Home media
The short was released on December 4, 2001, on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color.[7]
The short was also included in the US VHS and LaserDisc release The Spirit of Mickey and the non-US VHS and LaserDisc release Minnie's Greatest Hits, with all the National Biscuit Company packaging replaced by generic products, and all of Minnie's lines referencing the names of the products overdubbed by Russi Taylor. However, most DVD versions of the short contain the original uncut version, replete with the National Biscuit Company references. Milk Bone Dog Biscuits, referenced in the original version of the film were made by National Biscuit Company at the time of the short's production.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
- ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Catalog of copyright entries. Ser.3 pt.12-13 v.20-23 1966-1969 Motion Pictures". Catalog of Copyright Entries.musical Compositions: 57. 1966.
- ISBN 978-0786863365.
- ^ a b Gabler, Neal (2006). Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. p. 406.
- ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ^ "Mickey Mouse in Living Color DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
External links
- Mickey's Surprise Party at IMDb
- Mickey's Surprise Party at Disney A to Z
- Mickey's Surprise Party Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine